History
Le Mans Sports Club were founded in 1900, but it wasn't until 1908 that a football club existed within it. In 1910, Le Mans qualified for the Championnat de la France in 1910, but were heavily overturned by Saint-Servan. Gaining a huge reputation up to World War I, le Mans plunged into obscurity by World War II before joining the a war league in 1942.
The football section of Union Sportive du Mans was founded in 1903. The club that exists today came as a result of a merger between Union Sportive du Mans and Le Mans Sports Club that occurred on 12 June 1985. Upon its foundation, former football player Bernard Deferrez was installed as manager. Le Mans spent the majority of its infancy in Ligue 2. In the 2003–04 season, the club achieved promotion to Ligue 1 for the first time, but were immediately relegated. Le Mans returned to the first division for the 2004–05 season and successfully remained in the league for the next four seasons. The club suffered relegated back to Ligue 2 in the 2009–10 season. Midway through the campaign, on 2 December 2009, Le Mans announced that it was changing its name from Le Mans Union Club 72 to Le Mans FC.
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